Acknowledgment 

This Southern Region IPM Project is a cooperative effort among the states and the United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Services (CREES) IPM Program. This publication was supported by the USDA CREES IPM Program. 

What is IPM? 

Projects Funded in 1999 

Integrated Pest Management in the Southern Region  
Management of insects, pathogens, and weeds is crucial to the economic production of food, fiber, ornamental plants, and forests in the Southern Region.   
  

Results of an IPM Survey in the Southern Region: Collaboration Is Key to Successful Implementation  
Successful implementation involved collaboration among IPM researchers, Extension faculty, agribusiness companies, and a diverse clientele.  
  

Alabama  
Fighting Smarter, Not Harder, to Get Rid of Cockroaches  
Cockroaches can be controlled by tailoring IPM tactics to a particular kind of home and landscape or even by using moving air.  
  

Arkansas  
Friendly Fungus Helps Control Cotton Aphids  
A fungus that destroys the cotton aphid is replacing the need for insecticides and saving growers money.  
  

Florida  
Cleaning Up Whiteflies with Soap and Oil   
Use of soap and oil to control silverleaf whitefly has produced better biorational pest management systems for vegetables.  
  

Georgia  
Developing IPM Strategies for Urban Landscapes  
After training, some landscape professionals shifted from routine protective spraying to use of IPM.  
  

Kentucky  
Finding New Protection against the "Garden Shark"  
IPM techniques against the Japanese beetle include resistant cultivars, a new kind of insecticide, and a careful eye on the calendar.  
  

Louisiana  
Tiny Wasp Saves Louisiana's Citrus Industry  
A moth called the citrus leaf miner threatened to destroy the state's citrus crops, but a small black wasp has kept the moth manageable.  
  

Mississippi  
Greenhouse Tomato IPM-Supporting an Industry on the Move  
Greenhouse tomato growers have greater yields and less dependence on pesticides with use of IPM techniques.  
  

North Carolina  
Technology Takes a Byte out of Herbicide Use  
A computer program for weed management is making it possible for producers to pinpoint the economic treatment threshold and reduce herbicide costs.  
  

Oklahoma  
Taking AIM on Increased Profits in Alfalfa Production  
With cost-benefit analysis and use of techniques such as winter grazing, it's possible to control weeds and insect pests while still producing high-quality forage.  
  

South Carolina  
Winning the Battle against the Diamondback Moth  
The diamondback moth appears resistant to traditional microbial management, but in its place growers are using natural enemies and parasitoids and reducing need for chemical insecticides.  
  

Tennessee  
Not All Weevils Are Evil   
Musk thistle is an aggressive invader of rural and urban landscapes, but the head and rosette weevils are helping farmers and other landowners get rid of thistle in places herbicides can't reach.  
  

Texas  
IPM Strategies in Cattle on South Texas Rangelands  
Controlling where and when cattle graze can be an effective strategy for managing ticks and horn flies and an alternative to treating cattle with pesticides.  
  

Virginia  
An Improved System for Managing a Wheat-Eating Bug  
Cereal leaf beetle larvae can reduce yields up to 45 percent, but a new, earlier threshold allows the control decision to be made well in advance of potential yield loss.  
 

For additional copies of this brochure, contact B.C. Pass, Chair, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, (606) 257-7450.

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